EU Open Data Explained webinar - DCAT and DCAT-AP training - Webinar 1: General introduction

If you are a data provider or a data publisher wanting to help users easily find and reuse your data – these webinars are for you!

Making data available is crucial for Europe´s digital future. However, publishing data is not enough; it is equally important to describe it precisely so that people and machines can discover it and reuse easily.

In this webinar series, scheduled in 3 sessions for basic and advanced users, Makx Dekkers, an information technology expert and a contributor to DCAT v.2, explains everything you need to know about:
• Data Catalog Vocabulary (DCAT) that enables data publishers to describe datasets and data services in a catalogue using a standard model and vocabulary that facilitates interoperability between data catalogues published on the Web, and
• DCAT Application profile for data portals in Europe (DCAT-AP), a specification for describing public sector datasets in Europe, curated by the European Commission. It is used by the EU Open Data Portal and the European Data Portal.
This webinar is intended for all users and does not require prior knowledge. It gives a general introduction to DCAT and DCAT-AP.

Learning objectives:
• Understand what metadata is and how it relates to DCAT
• Learn about the history and objectives of DCAT and DCAT-AP
• Understand the basic model of DCAT
• See some examples of DCAT entities
• Understand the differences between DCAT, DCAT-AP and DCAT-AP-OP
• Know some of the issues addressed during development of DCAT and DCAT-AP

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Before the webinar, participants are encouraged to read the suggested materials: http://widgixeu-library.s3.amazonaws....